Re: [ba-poker] You've got to know when to play crap

[Andrew Prock <prock(deleted the rest)>]

On Thu, 2 Dec 2004, Ken Kubey wrote:

> > You say you raise with three hands, AA, KK, and pure trash.  Since you get
> > the premium pairs maybe once in two hours, you must be playing the pure
> > trash more often.
>
> Nope.  I pretty much make the play once per session.  Usually in the
> first 1/2 hour or hour, but not always.

[snip]

> Think about this... what's your counter-strategy against me?
> Only call my raises with pairs and only continue if you flop a set?
> How do you play KK if I raise?

I'm with Ken here.  The goal isn't to play every trash hand that
comes along.  It's to sew the seeds of doubt.  A little doubt goes
a long way, especialkly in a game where it's cheap to raise early
and expensive to call later.

There are issues with relative frequency, but once (or twice if
you keep stealing) per session isn't out of bounds.

- Andrew